The Dinosaurs

Written and directed by Martin McDonagh, Wild Horse Nine is set just before the 1973 Chilean coup. Two CIA agents, played by John Malkovich and Sam Rockwell, are sent from Santiago to Easter Island by their bureau chief.

I’ve loved every one of Martin McDonagh’s movies, and there are only a handful of them. He’s a British-Irish playwright turned filmmaker, known for sharp dialogue, pitch-black humor, and sudden violence. My two favorites are Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri and The Banshees of Inisherin. His movies are well paced, quirky, and impossible to look away from. You won’t…